No. 13

STATE OF MICHIGAN

JOURNAL

OF THE

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

House Chamber, Lansing, Thursday, February 6, 2025.

12:00 Noon.

The House was called to order by the Clerk.

The roll was called by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who announced that a quorum was not present.

Motions and Resolutions

Rep. Hall offered the following resolution:

House Resolution No. 19.

A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives.

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That Rule 52 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Appropriations.

Rule 52. (1) No appropriations bill or conference report containing ~~enhancement grants~~ a legislatively directed spending item shall be brought for a vote without proper disclosure of the sponsor and the intended recipient, and a description of the ~~grant~~ legislatively directed spending item in a form and manner established by the House by resolution.

(2) An appropriations bill or conference report shall not be brought for a vote if it contains a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality, including any official, department, or board of a municipality, that actively maintains any rule, policy, or ordinance that would subvert immigration enforcement in any way or that refuses to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.

(3) No appropriations bill or conference report containing a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality shall be brought for a vote unless the municipality has submitted the following information to the House:

(a) The municipality’s rules, policies, and ordinances related to federal immigration law and immigration enforcement measures. This includes, but is not limited to, any rules, policies, and ordinances regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests, and the municipality’s intent to work with federal authorities or actively harbor or shield illegal aliens from federal enforcement authorities or operations.

(b) An official letter from the municipality, signed by the municipality’s chief executive officer, the municipality’s duly elected board, or an individual who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the municipality, certifying the following:

(i) The municipality’s rules, policies, and ordinances do not include language that requires, encourages, or supports subverting immigration enforcement in any way or refusing to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.

(ii) The municipality will comply with federal immigration law.

(4) As used in this rule:

(a) “Legislatively directed spending item” means an appropriation that authorizes or obligates a specific amount of money for a contract or other expenditure with a grant, loan, or other economic assistance or incentive to a specific person, organization, unit of local government, or project or activity in a unit of local government, other than through a formula-driven or competitive award process.

(b) “Municipality” means a county, city, village, or township.”.

The resolution was referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Announcement by the Clerk of Printing and Enrollment

The Clerk announced that the following bills had been reproduced and made available electronically on Wednesday, February 5:

Senate Bill Nos. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

Notices

I hereby give notice that on the next legislative session day I will move to discharge the Committee on Government Operations from further consideration of House Resolution No. 19.

Rep. Hall

Introduction of Bills

Reps. Tisdel, Martin, Wortz, Kunse, Bohnak, Cavitt, Maddock, DeSana, Alexander, BeGole, Johnsen, Beson, St. Germaine, Roth, Schmaltz, Rheingans, Wegela, Prestin and Aragona introduced

House Bill No. 4062, entitled

A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled “An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists, lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 6a (MCL 4.416a), as added by 1994 PA 383.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

Reps. Martin, Neyer, Tisdel, Maddock, Kunse, Outman, Cavitt, DeSana, Alexander, BeGole, Johnsen, Hoadley, Beson, Roth, Rheingans, Wegela, Prestin and Aragona introduced

House Bill No. 4063, entitled

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

Reps. Neyer, Martin, Meerman, Maddock, Kunse, Outman, Andrews, Kuhn, Borton, BeGole, Rheingans, Harris, Prestin, Johnsen, Markkanen, Roth, Schmaltz, Alexander, Jaime Greene, Wegela, Beson, St. Germaine, Wortz, Aragona and Rigas introduced

House Bill No. 4064, entitled

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

Reps. Aragona, Bierlein, Kunse, Robinson, DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Harris, Kuhn, Mentzer, Jaime Greene, Wozniak, McFall, BeGole, McKinney, Edwards, Liberati and Xiong introduced

House Bill No. 4065, entitled

A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” by amending section 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2024 PA 115.

The bill was read a first time by its title and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

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The Clerk declared the House adjourned until Tuesday, February 11, at 1:30 p.m.

SCOTT E. STARR

Clerk of the House of Representatives